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Richard Avedon

Richard Avedon was a famous American portrait photographer born in New York City in 1923. He died in 2004 from a cerebral hemorrhage. Avedon was known for his minimalist black and white portraits of celebrities, which often featured a plain white backdrop. He worked for Harper's Bazaar for 20 years and then Vogue for another 20 years, using medium format and large format cameras to capture his images.

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Richard Avedon

Richard Avedon was a famous American portrait photographer born in New York City in 1923. He died in 2004 from a cerebral hemorrhage. Avedon was known for his minimalist black and white portraits of celebrities, which often featured a plain white backdrop. He worked for Harper's Bazaar for 20 years and then Vogue for another 20 years, using medium format and large format cameras to capture his images.

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Richard Avedon

By: Makayla Austin


Richard Avedon
Richard Avedon was born in New York City on May 15, 1923.

He, unfortunately isn't alive anymore. He died on October 1, 2004 in San Antonio
Texas. A cerebral hemorrhage brought him into the hospital, where he died.
Style of Photography
Avedon's style was extremely unique. Most times, his pictures were in front of a
white backdrop. Also, his photographs were always black and white.

He was known for his minimalism in his pictures and the portraits he took of
celebrities.
Special Photography Techniques
Some of Avedon's photographs
have black lining around them,
with small letters and numbers
on the side. This shows that he
used film or created a film effect.
Special Photography Techniques
His subject is usually standing or
posing in the center of the photo.
Also, he has prop 90% of the time.
Who does Richard Avedon work for?
Avedon worked for Harper's Bazaar
for twenty years and then went on to
work for Vogue for twenty more years.
What camera did Richard Avedon use?
Earlier in his career, he used a Later in his career, he used a large
medium format camera that created format 8x10 Deardorff camera,
6x6cm negatives. creating 8x10 negatives.
What type of lighting did Richard Avedon use?

He used one single


strobe light inside of
an umbrella in front of
a white backdrop, with
lights turned on in the
back.
What/who are Richard Avedon's early influences?

Richard was heavily


influenced by his father's
fashion business. He was
fascinated by what his father
did, so he began to shoot for
fashion magazines and
other types of fashion things.
One interesting fact about Avedon?
He is known as the world's
number one portrait photography
in history.

His images showed his fears and


were dark and contrasted, so
that's what people loved about
them.
What do I like about Richard Avedon?
I love the simplicity in his pictures.
They are still photographed well
and have the right composition,
but none of them are super
complicated to look at.
They all look really neat and
organized.
The models are in the perfect
places and the way the
photograph is composed is never
wrong.

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